I can’t believe it! I can’t believe it’s been 4 years! But I can believe that my kiddo had an AWESOME pirate birthday party! He had great props (as usual) made by Daddy, a bunch of pretty details by Momma and most importantly… He was surrounded by loving family and friends on a beautiful sunny day for his Pirate party!
My son and I had a great time getting ready for the party. He helped me with everything! The invites, the favors, pretty much everything! For the invites we decided to hand deliver them in glass bottles! The day I was going to deliver the invites, Max had the opportunity to have a play date instead of driving around town. But he said, ‘No, I have to help give everyone their invitations!’ I did do all the burnt edges, no 4 year olds helped in the burning process!
The pirate ship was a huge hit! There was a kid in it at all times. We had a couple of cap-sizing moments, but we got it back up and going pretty quick! Daddy wasn’t originally going to add the Captain’s Quarters, but as he was building it he realized that he needed it. And it was perfect!
It was great watching all the kids run around with their party favor pirate gear! Some wore it all, other just wore pieces. We made, sashes, hats, eye patches and they all got a sword.
I really loved our portrait of my son’s Great Great Grandfather Pirate Pete. My mom had an idea of dressing up an old photo like a pirate. I wasn’t exactly sure what she meant, but I ran with what I thought she was talking about. And the portrait is really my son’s Great Great Grandfather, but his name wasn’t Pete and he wasn’t a pirate! We added all the 3d pirate gear!
I designed everything! My husband was out-of-town when I came up with the birthday party Jolly Roger icon. I was so excited about it, but didn’t have anyone to show it to! I was on pins and needles waiting for him to read his email and see my design. And when he did, HE LIKED IT too!! Yea!! So off I went turning it into invitations, tags, food and drink labels, goodie bags, pirate hats and pirate booty bags! I used a combo of stamping and freezer papers stencils for all the printing.
And who doesn’t love cake??? I am not the best with cake decorating! Last year, I didn’t even show a picture of the cake… But this year I was very excited about the cake turning out much better than last year. It’s still not super professional, but I’m getting better and better! Yea!
I know! It’s a lot of pictures, I know! But I hope you enjoyed it. Want to have one just like it? I’ve started posting it on etsy !
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What a fun party! Everything looks so great!
-liZ
The part looks fun! The decorations are so well designed and professional!
Thank you!!! It was soooo much fun!
Oh, my gosh! How cute is this! Absolutely adorable! It’s made my day!
Awesome! Thanks!
This would be my nephews dream birthday party. I really like the pirate ship!! It would be so much fun to play in! Thanks for linking up to Party Time on Moms & Munchkins and we hope to see you next week!
How did you make the Pirate Ship?!? It’s fantastic! I’d love to be able to make one for our cub Scout Blue and Gold Pirate themed banquet this month. Great job!!
That would actually be my husband! We buy large sheets of cardboard and use a lot of duct tape! It was a lot of fun. The kiddos loved it!
I am obsessed with the pirate ship! Would you be willing to share more details as to how he made it? I would love to do it for my son this fall!!
Sorry for the late response! it was just a spur of the moment type thing! We bought a bunch of cardboard and my husband just went to work! I think he had a picture that he used as inspiration.